Sonoma County - Oakmont

We have finally settled down for a while in Santa Rosa California, in the heart of Sonoma wine country.  This is the last leg of our planned trip and we expect to return to Virginia in August.   

We rented a house on the golf course in Oakmont, “a community for active adults.”  Because it is for people 55 and older – and most people here are MUCH older, the locals call it “Croakmont”.  Here is our house and patio, where we spend most evenings enjoying some local wine.

 

Here is the house from across the third tee… 

 
And here is our view.

 

Because we are active adults (the sign says so – so it must be true) we have been out and about.  Last week, we went to a performance by the local theater company at a nearby winery. 

 

Last Sunday, we went kayaking on the Russian River with our son Peter.  Most people don’t realize that this area was first settled by the Russians in the early 1800s.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_River_(California)